Twofer: Hood Hero #8 and #9

via The Smoking Gun:

Zawadi, seen in the above mug shot, is the first man seen striking the woman in the video (see below), which was first posted Tuesday afternoon to the Worldstar Hip Hop web site. Cops are continuing to search for a second suspect, who is seen at the tail end of the 1:51 clip flooring the confused woman with a vicious roundhouse left.

via The Smoking Gun:

California cops today identified the second man seen assaulting a defenseless woman in a harrowing video that prompted outrage as it went viral this week.

Sacramento cops are seeking to arrest Donnell Wade, 19, in connection with the October 1 attack at a strip mall.

Hood Hero #7

17-Month Old Baby Loses Eye In Random Shooting

Damark King, 19, has been charged with the first-degree assault, reckless endangerment and weapons possession. He is being held without bond after smirking at Samyah’s family throughout his arraignment.
“Eye for an eye!” they shouted to the ex-convict who is on parole for a robbery he committed in 2007. “How you smirking, you just shot a 17 month-old baby!” Other family members screamed that King should receive the death penalty.

Hood Hero #6

Police have a man in custody after he allegedly fired shots into the air at the West Indian Day Parade before fleeing the scene in a cab.

Man opens fire at Brooklyn parade, toll rises to 46 shot since Saturday morning.

Gunfire erupted today near the massive West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn -- not far from where Mayor Bloomberg was marching -- as the entire city reeled from a epidemic of shootings over the past two days.
By noon today, a total of 46 people had been shot in the city since Saturday morning, authorities said.

Hood Hero #5

Antwon Carter, 24, of the 16800 block of South Broadway in Lockport was charged with one count of first degree murder, one count of murder (forcible felony) and one count of attempted armed robbery, according to police News Affairs. He was also charged with aggravated vehicular carjacking in another incident that occurred about a week before Bailey's death.

via HuffPo

Hood Hero #4

Christopher Lemar Johnson was charged with the murder of Emma Jean Beasley. Arrest records indicate he is being charged with burglary, armed sexual battery, armed robbery and murder.

via WOKV

Hood Hero #3

The 34-year-old ex-convict from Grand Rapids killed himself with a single shot to the head, ending the standoff with his hostages unharmed. But authorities say Dantzler left behind a pair of bloody crime scenes — the result of an unexplained rampage in which he killed his daughter, an ex-girlfriend and five others, including a second child who police couldn't immediately identify.

via Yahoo

Hood Hero #2

On Saturday afternoon, children were playing in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood when teenager Pierre A. Solomon was allegedly seen wielding a gun. Two people saw him flashing the weapon around the children, and approached him to warn him against having the weapon near kids.

Solomon allegedly then fired the gun four times at the people who were warning him, according to the Chicago Tribune. But instead of striking those two, one of the bullets struck the right thigh of a seven-year-old girl playing nearby; the other hit a 44-year-old man in the back.

via HuffPo

Hood Hero #1

Davion Powell was just three years old when a bullet took his life. The shooter, 21-year old Roderick Moss (pictured), appeared in court this week on charges of murder. Moss allegedly shot through the window of an apartment building with children inside. Powell was hit in the head by one of the bullets and died in the hospital.

Genesis.

What is this blog about?

This blog is about "hood heroes".

It was inspired by this comment left on a message board in a discussion about interracial dating:

This is why I can sorta appreciate the thugs and hood n iggas, cuz they don't try to conform to white society's standards. If they do get with a non-Black woman, they're usually trying to get easy sex, or come-up financially. The educated "nice" dudes and "nerds" always scapegoat the hood dudes, cuz they secretly admire their swag and their refusal to conform. It's the buppie, "educated" stiff-walking negroes you have to watch out for. Leave the hood heroes alone. LOL.

There you have it. This blog is for celebrating the accomplishments of "thugs", "hood niggas" and various other "hood heroes".